Past ULA Events
2008-2009
November 13, 2008
Changing Beliefs and Practices, Closing Gaps in Achievement
Belinda Williams, Ph.D., visiting professor at the College of Charleston and
author of Closing the Achievement Gap: A Vision for Changing Beliefs and
Practices (1996, 2003)
December 9, 2008
Communicating Across Cultures: Intercultural
Conflict Styles
Mitch Hammer, Ph.D., professor emeritus of International Peace and Conflict
Resolution in the School of International Service at the American University
January 28, 2009
Promoting Powerful Professional Development to
Advance Student Learning
Stephanie Hirsh, Ph.D., executive director, National Staff Development
Council
March 6, 2009
From Resistance to Resilience: Improving Achievement in
Literacy
Alfred Tatum, Ph.D., associate professor University of Illinois, Chicago
2007-2008
Leading culturally proficient schools for transformative
change
Brenda and Franklin CampbellJones, CampbellJones & Associates
Twenty-first century leadership for sustaining turnaround
districts
Terry Holliday, superintendent, Iredell-Statesville Schools, NC
Emotional intelligence and systems approaches to
leadership: "The big picture"
Bernie Saunders
Maximizing our potential for excellence and equity
Carol Johnson, superintendent, Boston Public Schools
2006-2007
Leadership, Efficacy, and a Culture of Trust: Key Findings
from Learning from Leadership Research
Kyla Wahlstrom, University of Minnesota
Shaping Positive and Transforming Toxic School Cultures:
Strategies and Tactics to Build Successful Schools
Kent Peterson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Leading for Effective Change at the School and District
Levels
Michael Fullan, University of Toronto
Closing the Achievement Gap: Great Challenges, Great
Opportunities
Ron Ferguson, Harvard University
Leadership: Insight-Alignment-Action
"The Journey Not Often Taken"
Kathleen Macy and Jim Wold, TeamWorks International
"ULA continues to provide optimum professional development opportunities. This is a great program - very worthwhile, very well-paced, very energizing, and readily applicable to what we’re doing as educators."
-Richard Skinner
principal, Mounds View Public Schools
"ULA offers opportunities to impact each participant's will, skill, knowledge, and capacity relevant to equity leadership. In addition, each interaction creates a learning community with other educators, which strengthens this purposeful and useful pedagogical experience."
-Joyce Bell
assistant principal, Minneapolis Public Schools
"ULA's urban framework is important. We're a first-ring suburb, and we're facing many of the same challenges as urban schools. ULA brings together a nice blend of research and practice in an on-going dialog, not a one-shot deal. We can learn from others."
-Ellen Delaney
associate principal, Spring Lake Park Schools
"ULA provides the highest quality professional development for building administrators. Sessions and speakers on current educational topics and issues enabled me to continue to develop as a leader plus I was able to interact with other metropolitan principals around out demanding work."
-Gloria Kumagai
retired principal, Saint Paul Public School